CALLING CARDS
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Calling card or phone card, better known as Telephone card, is a small card by looks resembling your credit card. It is used to pay for telephone services on pre-paid or credit basis. Phone card is basically a facility that makes life more convenient by making ways of payment for phone calls more flexible. As just about all service providers offer phone cards, they are equally subjective in their appearance in terms of graphical representation. The method of use and system of payment normally depends upon the prevailing telecommunication system on the whole. Thus, any variation among phone cards or calling cards from company to company is nothing more than appearance.
There are two methods of payment prevalent in the market for phone cards. One mode of payment employs pre-paid credit system. The other system functions on the lines of credit card. The simpler and also the more popular of the two systems of payment are pre-paid phone cards. Pre-paid cards are available in the market for various specific balances to suit the various pocket, talk-time and validity needs of the customers. Each time a call is made using the phone card, the cost of the call correspondingly reduces the balance. When the balance is exhausted, the customer buys another pre-paid card to continue calling. Pre-paid phone cards are disposable after their value is utilized.
These cards can also be purchased online. When purchased online, these cards can be refilled, unlike in their offline versions. Another type of phone card comes with a PIN number to facilitate phone calls using a land-line telephone account.
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